Updates in Molecular Testing and Front-Line Treatment in Ovarian Cancer - Bradley Monk
Updates in Molecular Testing and Front-Line Treatment in Ovarian Cancer - Bradley Monk
Updates in Molecular Testing and Front-Line Treatment in Ovarian Cancer - Bradley Monk
Retrograde
Endometrium
Menstruation?
Endometrioid
Endometrium Carcinoma
Endometriosis
Mucinous
Carcinoma
Unknown
Committee on the State of the Science in Ovarian Cancer Research. Board on Health Care Services. Institute of Medicine. National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine . Ovarian Cancers: Evolving Paradigms in Research and Care. National Academies Press
(US); Washington, DC, USA: 2016.
Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Subtypes Are Associated
With Different Mutations and Molecular Aberrations
Epithelial ovarian cancer can be characterized as a heterogeneous disease, not only
histologically, but through identification of distinct molecular pathway alterations
Epithelial
High-grade Low-grade
Mucinous1 Clear cell1 Endometrioid1,2
serous1 serous1
TP53 BRAF KRAS ARID1A ARID1A
BRCA1 and BRCA2 KRAS HER2 amplification PIK3CA PIK3CA
NF1 NRAS PTEN PTEN
RB1 ERBB2 CTNNB1 CTNNB1
CDK12 PPP2R1 PPP2R1
HR repair genesa MMR deficiency
a CHK2, BARD1, BRIP1, PALB2, RAD50, RAD51C, ATM, ATR, EMSY, and Fanconi anemia genes.
1. Banerjee S, et al. Clin Cancer Res. 2013;19(5):961-8. 2. McConechy MK, et al. Mod Pathol. 2014;27(1):128-34.
First-Line Chemotherapy [Historical] Standard of Care:
Every 3 week IV Carboplatin and Paclitaxel
ICON8 Progression-Free Survival Weekly Weekly
1.00 Standard
paclitaxel carbo-paclitaxel
(n=522)
(n=523) (n=521)
Progression-Free Survival
Standard
0.75 Weekly paclitaxel Progressions 330 (63%) 335 (64%) 338 (65%)
Weekly carbo-paclitaxel
(proportion)
Median PFS,
17.9 20.6 21.1
mo
0.50
Log rank
P=0.45 P=0.56
(vs standard)
0.00 Restricted
24.4 months 24.9 months 25.3 months
0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 means
No. at risk
Time from Randomisation (months)
Standard 522 471 354 250 198 130 92 59 32 18 3 1
Weekly paclitaxel 523 489 383 279 210 144 92 59 28 17 3 0
Weekly carbo-paclitaxel 521 468 385 281 208 153 99 66 33 15 6 0
Weekly dose-dense chemotherapy can be delivered successfully as first-line epithelial ovarian cancer treatment without
substantial toxicity increase; it does not significantly improve PFS compared to standard 3 -weekly chemotherapy
Baseline characteristics:
• 40% suboptimally
resected stage III
• 26% stage IV
Burger RA et al N Engl J Med. 2011 Dec 29;365(26):2473-83. FDA Approved June 2018
Tewari KS et al J Clin Oncol. 2019 Sep 10;37(26):2317-2328.
Phase 3 GOG-218 Study of Adjuvant Chemotherapy +
Bevacizumab: Efficacy Outcomes
Final OS (103 month follow up)
PFS (Primary Endpoint)
Bev Bev Control
Throughout Initiation (CPP)
(CPB15+) (CPB15)
mPFS (mo) 18.2 12.8 12.0
18.2 mo
12.0 mo
No survival differences
observed with addition of
bevacizumab compared with
Burger RA et al N Engl J Med. 2011 Dec 29;365(26):2473-83. CT alone
Bevacizumab. Prescribing Information. Genentech. 2020. Burger RA, et al. N Engl J Med.
2011;365:2473-2483. Tew ari K, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2019;37:2317-2328
Tewari KS et al J Clin Oncol. 2019 Sep 10;37(26):2317-2328.
PARP Inhibitor Exploits the Baseline Vulnerability
of Cells With Inherent DNA Repair Deficiency 1
PARP
inhibitor
PARP
PARP
inhibitor
Increase in DSBs
PARP
in replicating cells
Trapped PARP on
SSBs
DSBs
✓
Reliance on error-prone Repair of DSBs via
pathways leads to DNA the HRR pathway and
damage accumulation cell survival
and cell death
1. O’Connor MJ. Mol Cell. 2015;60:547-560.
How to Identify Homologous Recombination Deficiency1,a
myChoice HRD
Score
aTests have not been compared head to head. Paired w ith development of respective drugs.
1. https://w ww.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/InVitroDiagnostics/ucm301431.htm.
Pharmacologic Properties of PARP Inhibitors
May Impact Tissue Concentration
How much? For how long? How metabolized? To where?
Tissue
Bioavailability Half-life Metabolism distribution
PARP inhibitor
F (%) t1/2 (h) (Major enzymes) Vd/F (L)
1. ZEJULA® (niraparib) capsules [prescribing inf ormation]. Waltham, MA: TESARO, Inc.; 2017. 2. LY NPARZA® (olaparib) tablets
[prescribing inf ormation]. Wilmington, DE: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; 2017. 3. RUBRACA ® (rucaparib) tablets [prescribing
inf ormation]. Boulder, CO: Clov is Oncology , Inc.; 2018. 4. Farmer H, et al. Nature. 2005;434(7035):917-921.
Common Adverse Events With
PARP Inhibitors in Ovarian Cancer
GI: Nausea/vomiting/
Neutropenia AML
diarhea/constipation
2003 2011 2012 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
SOLO-1/ PRIMA/
GOG-30041 GOG-30122 Niraparib vs placebo
Olaparib vs placebo
1. Moore K et al. N Engl J Med. 2018;379:2495-2505. 2. González-Martín A et al. N Engl J Med. 2019;381:2391-2402.
3. Ray-Coquard I et al. N Engl J Med. 2019;381:2416-2428. 4. Monk BJ et al J Clin Oncol. 2022 Jun 6;JCO2201003. doi: 10.1200/JCO.22.01003. Online ahead of print
FDA Approval: Olaparib for Maintenance Treatment1
✓
EOC, FTC, or PPC who are in a CR or PR to 1L
platinum-based chemotherapy
a Patients w ith gBRCAm advanced EOC, FTC, or PPC should be selected for therapy based on an FDA -approved companion diagnostic.
1. https://w ww.fda.gov/drugs/fda-approved-olaparib-lynparza-astrazeneca-pharmaceuticals-lp-maintenance-treatment-adult-patients.
SOLO-1/GOG-3004: Study Design1
Olaparib 300 mg
• Newly diagnosed, FIGO stage III-IV, twice daily • Study treatment continued
high-grade serous or endometrioid (n = 260) until disease progression
ovarian, PPC, or FTC
• Patients with no evidence
• g/sBRCAm 2:1
of disease at 2 years
R Stratified by response to
• ECOG PS 0-1 platinum-based stopped treatment
chemotherapy
• Cytoreductive surgerya • Patients with a PR at
• In clinical CR or PR after platinum-based 2 years could continue
Placebo treatment
chemotherapy (n = 131)
P=0.0004*
60 63.4%
Olaparib
50
46.5%
40
30 44.3% of patients in the placebo
Placebo
group received subsequent
20 PARP inhibitor therapy,
10 compared with 14.6% of
0 patients in the olaparib group
0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72 78 84 90 96 102
Months since randomization
No. at risk
Olaparib 260 252 246 236 227 214 203 194 185 177 170 165 159 157 153 79 21 0
Placebo 131 128 125 114 108 100 97 92 87 80 73 67 60 54 52 21 6 0
*P<0.0001 required to declare statistical significance
DiSilvestro P et al
FDA Approval: Niraparib for Maintenance Treatment1
✓
1L platinum-based chemotherapy
1. https://w ww.fda.gov/drugs/drug-approvals-and-databases/fda-approves-niraparib-first-line-maintenance-advanced-ovarian-cancer.
PRIMA/GOG-3012: Niraparib in
First-Line Advanced Ovarian Cancer1,2
Treatment for 36 months or until PD
Inclusion Criteria
• High-grade serous or endometroid Niraparib 200/300 mga
pathology Stratification
once daily
• Stage III: PDS with visible residual • NACT administered: (n = 487)
disease post surgery, NACT, or AEs or no
inoperable • Best response to 2:1
• Stage IV: PDS regardless of first platinum
R
residual disease, NACT, therapy: CR or PR
or inoperable • Tissue HR test
• CR or PR following platinum 1L status: HRD or
treatment HRP/not Placebo
• Tissue for HR testing was required determined (n = 246)
at screening (myChoice)
aBody w eight ≥77 kg and platelets ≥150,000/mcL started w ith 300 mg daily; body w eight <77 kg and/or platelets <150,000/mcL started w ith 200 mg QD.
1. González-Martín A et al. ESMO 2019. Abstract LBA1. 2. González-Martín A et al. N Engl J Med. 2019;381:2391-2402.
PRIMA/GOG-3012: Investigator-Assessed PFS Across Biomarker Subgroups
17 November 2021 Clinical Cutoff Date
• Niraparib treatment increased PFS duration compared with placebo treatment across biomarker subgroups
(Figure 4)
• The greatest treatment benefit was seen in patients with HRd tumours that were BRCA mutated
(hazard ratio, 0.45; 95% CI, 0.32–0.64)
Poster #530P
González-Martín A et al
FDA Approval: Olaparib Plus Bevacizumab
for First-Line Maintenance Treatment1,a
✓
with HRD-positive status defined by either a
deleterious or suspected deleterious BRCAm,
and/or genomic instability
aThe FDA also approved the Myriad myChoice CDx as a companion diagnostic for olaparib.
1. https://w ww.fda.gov/drugs/drug-approvals-and-databases/fda-approves-olaparib-plus-bevacizumab-maintenance-treatment-ovarian-fallopian-tube-or-primary.
PAOLA-1: Study Design1,2
Maintenance
Inclusion Criteria
Olaparib
• Newly diagnosed, FIGO
First Line 300 mg twice daily
stage III-IV, high-grade NED/CR/PR + bevacizumabd
serous/endometrioid ovarian • Surgery (upfront or
2:1 x 2 years
cancer, FTC, or PPCa interval)
• Platinum-taxane–based R
Stratification chemotherapy
• Tumor BRCAm statusb Placebo
• ≥3 cycles of
• 1L treatment outcomec + bevacizumabd
bevacizumabd
x 2 years
(N = 806)
80 93 (36.5) 69 (52.3)
No. at risk
Time from randomization (months)
Olaparib + bev acizumab 255 253 253 252 252 244 238 231 225 215 205 200 195 189 183 176 174 170 164 142 116 83 62 32 17 4 0
Placebo + bev acizumab 132 130 129 128 126 121 117 114 109 105 100 96 91 89 86 82 79 77 70 59 44 29 21 9 2 1 0
1GOG Foundation, HonorHealth Research Institute, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA; 2Addenbrooke’s Hospital,
Cambridge, UK; 3National Cancer Center Korea, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea; 4The Ohio State University, James Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA; 5Vall d’Hebron Institute
of Oncology (VHIO), Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain; 6Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand; 7US Oncology
Research, The Woodlands, TX, USA; 8MITO and Fondazione Universitario A. Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS and Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy; 9Princess Margaret Hospital
Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 10Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA; 11St. Andrews General Hospital, Patras, Greece; 12Minnesota Oncology and Metro-Minnesota Community
Oncology Research Consortium, Minneapolis, MN, USA; 13Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey; 14Kaiser Permanente Northern California Gynecologic Cancer Program, San
Francisco, CA, USA; 15Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland; 16University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA, USA; 17Clovis Oncology, Inc., Boulder, CO, USA;
18Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan; 19Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
*After initiation of oral/IV combination study treatment (IV drug was initiated cycle 2 day 1; 28 -day cycles). †Centrally assessed, determined by FoundationOne CDx (BRCAmut, BRCA wt/LOHhigh [LOH
≥16%], BRCA wt/LOHlow [LOH <16%], BRCAwt/LOHindeterminate). BID, twice daily; BRCA, BRCA1 or BRCA2; CR, complete response; ECOG PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status;
HRD, homologous recombination deficiency; IV, intravenous; LOH, loss of heterozygosity; mut, mutant; PO, by mouth; PR, partia l response; wt, wild type.
BRCA-associated
HRD HRP
cancers
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